[Rob Sidwell]

quote Kevin Busby:

Also a plus 1 for PhotoZoom been using it since it was mentioned some time ago on the forums.

Also worth checking get your client to confirm the size of the file before sending just in case his email program is shrinking it before sending it, had the exact same thing with an 8meg wallpaper print that turned out to be 30meg before his email shrunk it. Always try and use a file sending service for files rather than email to ensure this does not happen, assuming it was sent by email of course.

yeah i’m 99% certain it’s down to the email "shrinking" the file

[Rob Sidwell]

Ha thanks for the input chaps, i really appreciate it .

i can go back the the customer now and explain the 30/34 DPI at that size just isn’t good enough

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quote Phill Fenton:

No less than 75dpi at actual size is the common consent

thanks phill

erm how do i work that out then :blushing:

[Rob Sidwell]

hi , its a boardroom so quite close really , the image before blowing it up is 250mm high @ 300 DPI

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oops! nearly a year old thread ..sorry

[Rob Sidwell]

i know you are sorted now , but just run a clear film through your home printer on a high quality setting :smiles:

[Rob Sidwell]

its very unlikely, the etch will possibly leave a glue residue and trying to get that off and not damage the lettering (if it stays on) will be hard work .

strip it and redo it , just don’t have a cup of tea off your accountant as you do it , you know what their like he will charge you for it lol :lol1:

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"flood coat" screen printing background me thinks 😀

your correct , etch does differ from supplier to supplier , you might drop lucky and get a match , or how about making a "feature" out of the middle window and do something different ?

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I was told on this board that’s its not recommended to remove handles as it could invalidate warranty/insurance 🙁 🙄

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sorted now , took a drive over to the customer and had a measure lol

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I went to the launch demo of this last week , seems quite flexible as the guy doing the instillation wrapped a wing mirror with it (wet)

http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/car-ind … m-launched

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yeah i totally agree , i have over 30 years experience in the sign trade and zilch as a mechanic ,

cheers

Rob

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thanks for the reply .

Really ! invalidates the warranty ! i can understand doing a remap or adding coilovers ,but a door handle ?

if i cant remove the door handle or other bits on the back door its going to make the wrap nigh on impossible 😮

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oops Traffic sorry

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ring Hexis , they have just launched a new product

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Wow thanks for the quick reply folks 😀

Dave , cheers for that , I knew it was something to do with the number of passes , but the guy at Roland who told us how to do it in versaworks has now left .

The guy we spoke to today at Roland made no mention of increasing the passes , any idea where the setting is in versa works please ?

Cheers Denise , the positives are around 350mm square

It’s been one of those days today (:) 😀

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Quick thanks to metamark for sending out the sample so quick .

Anyone got any tips for getting the versacamm vs540 to print darker blacks please

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thanks , i’ll give them a call 🙂

[Rob Sidwell]

quote DavidRogers:

shaped or simple rectangles?

If just straight edges – just reverse lay onto 0.25 / 0.5 / 0.75mm p/carb and knife it up…one deep score through to the polycarb and it tears along the fault.

Making them sticky back is a challenge. Getting the right adhesive on a wide roll is a pain to source.

Dave

cheers Dave

shapes 🙁 you ain’t kidding about the adhesive, 3M do one £700 a roll !!!!

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quote Rodney Gold:

The best way to do these is to print on a very good vinyl , overlaminate with a thick hardy lam and then cut , polycarbonate is not all that “indestructible”..I have produced many decals for push button type applications this way and they seem to last very well , stuff for hospital nurse call pendants and scientific and consumer products.

I agree , but unfortunately the customer wants the polycarbonate 😥

[Rob Sidwell]

quote Jason Davies:

Couldn’t you run on your Edge and cut with a tangential cutter? Which plotter do you have?

I’ll have a look into tangential cutters thanks (new to me )

We have a Camm 1 pro , Versa camm , and Edge .

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quote Martin:

Depends on your set up really, personally I would have to buy them in from a trade supplier as I’m not set up to do this kind of work.
Would imagine they are cut on a flatbed plotter but if you need any info on cutting any kind of media then a call to Edward mathias will give you all the info you will ever need.

Hi Martin ,

Thanks for the reply 😀 regarding set up , we screen print in house, we also have a versa camm vs540 along with a gerber edge .

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quote John Gregson:

Sorry but the only ones i’ve seen are the old heidelberg platens and they are large and heavy machines – haven’t got a clue on price.

Cheers John

cheers John , the Job won’t be a one "hit" it will be spread over a period of time .

so potentially i think a flat bed could do it .Not that i know anything about flat bed cutters that is .

that’s why I’m here 😀

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quote John Gregson:

For that kind of qty I’d agree with Denise and say its definitely a die cutting job, after they’ve been screen printed.

Hummm , any idea on the cost of a die cutting machine that can handle a 2′ x 3′ sheet ?

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quote Julian Mildner:

I have used Aristo flat bed cutters for this sort of work before and can recommend them.
If you contact Alan at Applied Cutting Systems, he could give you some advice as Aristo agent in the UK, he sells both new and second hand units.

http://www.appledcutsys.com

I hope this helps

Thanks for that , but the links not working . 🙁

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quote Denise Goodfellow:

or once screen printed you can get them punched out, there will be a cost for the knife, normally £20 – £80 ish, but would depend upon the size, then approx 30p per item punched.

thanks Denise , but i have been looking at people with platten machines .But i could really do with keeping this in-house .

quantity wise i will be looking to do around 4-5 thousand decals

(i have edited my first post )

Rob

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quote Ian Johnston:

You can buy polycarbonate for the edge, reverse print, back with sliver or white etc an laminate on the 3m adhesive and plot

Thanks for the quick response

would the plotter be up to cutting it ?

also there is going to be a high volume of these decals , Suppose i could invest in another Gerber .

I will check the Spandex site now for the polycarbonate

cheers

edit .. £18 mtr !!!! 🙁

that might out price the job